How to Start Forex Trading
Forex Trading is the trading of different currencies across the world. Forex, which stands for Foreign Exchange, is a global marketplace for exchanging national currencies against one anothe...
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it's legal to put your money in, take it out, and save on tax
Helloquence/Unsplash, CC BY-NCHow would you feel if you were having a Zoom meeting with your accountant and they asked “how would you like to save more than $5,000 in income tax over the ne...
Robert Breunig, Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
The coronavirus response calls into question the future of super
Brendel/Unsplash, CC BY-NCUnderstandably, given we are in a crisis, the government has baulked at including superannuation contributions in the A$140 billion worth of $1,500 per fortnight wage t...
Warwick Smith, Research economist, University of Melbourne
Why closing our borders to foreign workers could see fruit and vegetable prices spike
Dave Hunt/AAPOne aspect of the COVID-19 crisis that has so far escaped widespread public attention in Australia is its potential impact on our food security. We haven’t seen supermarket sho...
Michael Rose, Research fellow, Australian National University
how will it work, who will miss out and how to get it?
@shotsoflouis/Upplash, CC BY-NCThe A$130 billion $1,500-per-fortnight JobKeeper payment will benefit six million Australians for six months, with payments expected from May 1. Eligible businesses...
Rebecca Cassells, Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
Finder appoints Chris Ellis as CEO – Finder Australia
Digital business heavyweight Chris Ellis has been appointed to the newly created role of Chief Executive Officer of Finder Australia, following an extensive 18-month search. Ellis is the outgoin...
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Fast Announces A$30 Million in Series A Funding
Fast Announces A$30 Million in Series A Funding Led by Stripe to Launch Universal One-Click Checkout Australian entrepreneur and CEO Domm Holland secures one of the large Series A funding to ...
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Australia's $130 billion JobKeeper payment: what the experts think
ShutterstockThe A$130 billion payment will be benefit six million of Australia’s 13 million employees through their employers. It will ensure each employee kept on in a business that has lo...
Steven Hamilton, Visiting Scholar, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
The key to the success of the $130 billion wage subsidy is retrospective paid work
The secret sauce in the government’s A$130 billion JobKeeper payment is that it will be retrospective, in the best possible way.It’ll not only go to employers who have suffered losses...
Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Modelling suggests going early and going hard will save lives and help the economy
In 1997, a bestselling book by Jared Diamond purported to explain how the West “won” world dominance based on the good luck of geography, and because western countries were the first ...
Quentin Grafton, Director of the Centre for Water Economics, Environment and Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
New OECD estimates suggest a 22% hit to Australia's economy
ShutterstockNew Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development estimates paint a grim picture of the direct economic costs of public health measures to contain the spread of COVID-19, an...
Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute
Delivery workers are now essential. They deserve the rights of other employees
Along with home delivery of groceries, pharmaceuticals and alcohol, demand for food delivery is booming. Services such as Uber Eats and Deliveroo have become essential to cafes and restaurants th...
Tyler Riordan, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland
Give people and businesses money now they can pay back later (if and when they can)
ShutterstockThe novel coronavirus sees Australia facing major unprecedented health and economic crises. The key to preventing a downward spiral of the economy is to avoid a collapse in incomes of...
Linda Botterill, Professor in Australian Politics, University of Canberra
Rushed coronavirus tenancy laws raise as many questions as they answer
ShutterstockThe coronavirus and its attendant emergency measures are set to deliver a profound shock to the residential tenancy market. How it will work out is anybody’s guess, but it is lo...
Dilan Thampapillai, Senior Lecturer, ANU College of Law, Australian National University
